The Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units is an international organization that facilitates cooperation and intelligence sharing between national financial intelligence units (FIUs) to investigate and prevent money laundering and terrorist financing. National FIUs collect information on suspicious or unusual financial activity and are responsible for processing and analyzing the information received. FIUs are normally not law enforcement agencies themselves, findings are shared with appropriate law enforcement or prosecution bodies if sufficient evidence of unlawful activity is found. The Egmont Group is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[1]
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| Formation | 1995 |
|---|---|
| Founded at | Egmont Palace, Brussels, Belgium |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada[1][2] |
Membership | See below |
Chair | Hennie Verbeek-Kusters (interim)[3] |
| Website | egmontgroup |
History edit
The Egmont Group was formed in 1995 as an informal network of 24 national FIUs, taking its name from the Egmont Palace in Brussels where the group's founding meeting took place. The Egmont Group Secretariat established its permanent headquarters in Ottawa on 15 February 2008.[2][4]
Purpose edit
The goal of the Egmont Group is to provide a forum for FIUs around the world to improve cooperation in the fight against money laundering and financing of terrorism and to foster the implementation of domestic programs in this field. The Egmont Group provides support to member FIUs by:
- expanding and systematizing international cooperation in the reciprocal exchange of information
- increasing the effectiveness of FIUs by offering training and promoting personnel exchanges to improve the expertise and capabilities of personnel employed by FIUs
- fostering better and secure communication among FIUs through the application of technology, such as the Egmont Secure Web (ESW)
- fostering increased coordination and support among the operational divisions of member FIUs
- promoting the operational autonomy of FIUs
- promoting the establishment of FIUs in conjunction with jurisdictions with an AML/CFT program in place, or in areas with a program in the early stages of development[5]
Member FIUs edit
The US Treasury Department defines an FIU as "a central, national agency responsible for receiving (and, as permitted, requesting), analyzing and disseminating to the competent authorities, disclosures of financial information: concerning suspected proceeds of crime and potential financing of terrorism, or required by national legislation or regulation, in order to counter money laundering and terrorism financing."[6]
The current member FIUs of the group are:
Afghanistan – Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Center of Afghanistan (FinTRACA)
Albania – General Directorate for the Prevention of Money Laundering (GDPML)
Algeria – Financial Intelligence Processing Unit (CTRF)
Andorra – Financial Intelligence Unit–Andorra (FIUAND)
Angola – Unidade de Informação Financeira (UIF-Angola)
Anguilla – Money Laundering Reporting Authority (MLRA)
Antigua and Barbuda – Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP)
Argentina – Financial Information Unit Argentina (UIF)
Armenia – Financial Monitoring Center (FMC)
Aruba – Financial Intelligence Unit Aruba (former Reporting Center for Unusual Transactions- MOT-Aruba) (FIU-Aruba)
Australia – Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC)
Austria – Austrian Financial Intelligence Unit (A-FIU) (A-FIU)
Azerbaijan – Financial Monitoring Service (MMX)
Bahamas – Financial Intelligence Unit Bahamas (FIU-Bahamas)
Bahrain – Financial Intelligence Directorate (FID)
Bangladesh – Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU)[7]
Barbados – Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-Barbados)
Belarus – Department of Financial Monitoring of the State Control Committee of the Republic of Belarus (DFM)
Belgium – Belgian Financial Intelligence Processing Unit (CTIF-CFI)
Belize – Financial Intelligence Unit Belize (FIU-Belize)
Benin – Cellule Nationale de Traitement des Informations Financières du Bénin (CENTIF)
Bermuda – Financial Intelligence Agency – Bermuda (FIA)
Bolivia – Unidad de Investigaciones Financieras (UIF)
Bosnia & Herzegovina – Financial Intelligence Department (FID)
Brazil – Council for Financial Activities Control (COAF )
British Virgin Islands – Financial Investigation Agency British Virgin Islands (FIA)
Brunei – Financial Intelligence Unit Brunei Darussalam (FIE, AMBD)
Bulgaria – Financial Intelligence Directorate – State Agency for National Security (FID-SANS)
Burkina Faso – National Financial Information Processing Unit (CENTIF-BF)
Cambodia – Cambodia Financial Intelligence Unit (CAFIU)
Cameroon – National Agency for Financial Investigation (NAFI)
Canada – Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC-CANAFE)
Cape Verde – Cape Verde UIF (UIF)
Cayman Islands – Financial Reporting Authority (FRA)
Chad – Agence Nationale d Investigation Financière du Tchad (ANIF)
Chile – Unidad de Análisis Financiero (UAF)
Colombia – Unidad de Informacion y Analisis Financiero (UIAF)
Congo, Republic of – Agence Nationale D'Investigation Financiere (ANIF)
Cook Islands - Cook Islands Financial Intelligence Unit (CIFIU)
Costa Rica – Unidad de Análisis Financiero (UAF) Instituto Costarricense sobre Drogas (ICD)
Croatia – Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO)
Curaçao – FIU Curaçao – Meldpunt Ongebruikelijke Transacties (MOT)/Unusual Transactions Reporting Centre
Cyprus – Unit for Combating Money Laundering (MOKAS)
Czech Republic – Financní analytický útvar (FAU – CR)Financial Analytical Unit
Denmark – Hvidvasksekretariatet Stadsadvokaten for Særlig Økonomisk Kriminalitet / Hvidvasksekretariatet (HVIDVASK) State Prosecutor for Serious Economic Crime / Money Laundering Secretariat
Dominica – Financial Intelligence Unit
Egypt – Egyptian Money Laundering Combating Unit (EMLCU)
El Salvador – Unidad de Investigacion Financiera
Estonia – Money Laundering Information Bureau
Fiji – Financial Intelligence Unit, Reserve Bank of Fiji
Finland – RAP Keskusrikospoliisi / Rahanpesun selvittelykeskus National Bureau of Investigation / Financial Intelligence Unit
France – Traitement du renseignement et action contre les circuits financiers clandestins (TRACFIN)
Georgia – Financial Monitoring Service of Georgia (FMS)
Germany – Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) at the Central Customs Authority – Zentralstelle für Finanztransaktionsuntersuchungen bei der Direktion VIII (Zollkriminalamt) der Generalzolldirektion
Gibraltar – Gibraltar Co-ordinating Centre for Criminal Intelligence and Drugs – Gibraltar Financial Intelligence Unit (GCID GFIU)
Greece – Hellenic Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Commission (HAMLC)
Grenada – Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)
Guatemala – Intendencia de Verificación Especial (IVE) Special Verification Intendency
Guernsey – Financial Intelligence Service (FIS)
Honduras – Unidad de Informacion Financiera (UIF)
Hong Kong – Joint Financial Intelligence Unit (JFIU)
Hungary – Central Criminal Investigations Bureau of the Hungarian Customs & Finance Guard Hungarian Financial Intelligence Unit
Iceland – Ríkislögreglustjórinn (RLS) Unit of Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime
India – Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND)
Indonesia – Pusat Pelaporan dan Analisis Transaksi Keuangan (PPATK) / Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (INTRAC)
Ireland – An Garda Síochána / National Economic Crime Bureau (MLIU)
Isle of Man – Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU–IOM)
Israel – Israel Money Laundering Prohibition Authority (IMPA)
Italy – Banca d’Italia — Unità di Informazione Finanziaria (UIF)
Japan – Japan Financial Intelligence Center (JAFIC)
Jersey – Jersey States of Jersey Police – Joint Financial Crimes Unit
Kyrgyzstan – Financial Intelligence Service of the Kyrgyz Republic (FIS)
Latvia - Financial Intelligence Unit of Latvia (FIU Latvia)
Lebanon – Special Investigation Commission (SIC) Fighting Money Laundering
Liechtenstein – Einheit für Finanzinformationen (EFFI)
Lithuania – Financial Crime Investigation Service (FCIS)
Luxembourg – Cellule de Renseignement Financier (FIU-LUX)
Macau – Gabinete de Informação Financeira (GIF) Financial Intelligence Office
Macedonia - Ministerstvo za Finansii-Direkcija za Sprecuvanje na Perenje Pari/Money Laundering Prevention Directorate (MLPD)
Malawi – Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-Malawi)
Malaysia – Unit Perisikan Kewangan, Bank Negara Malaysia (UPWBNM)
Malta – Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU)
Marshall Islands – Domestic Financial Intelligence Unit (DFIU)
Mauritius - Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)
Mexico – Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera (UIF)
Moldova – Office for Prevention and Combating of Money Laundering (SPCSB)
Monaco – Service for Information and Monitoring of Financial Networks (SICFIN)
Mongolia – Financial Information Unit of Mongolia (FIU-Mongolia)
Montenegro – Administration for the Prevention of Money Laundering
Netherlands – Financial Intelligence Unit – Nederland (FIU-Netherlands)
New Zealand – New Zealand Police Financial Intelligence Unit
Nigeria – Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU)
Niue – Niue Financial Intelligence Unit
Norway – ØKOKRIM / EFE – Enheten for finansiell etteretning The National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime – The Money Laundering Unit
Pakistan – Financial Monitoring Unit
Paraguay – Unidad de Análisis Financiero (UAF-SEPRELAD)
Peru – Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera del Peru (UIF)
Philippines – Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC)
Poland – Generalny Inspektor Informacji Finansowej (GIIF) General Inspector of Financial Information
Portugal – Unidade de Informação Financeira (UIF)
Qatar – Qatar Financial Information Unit (QFIU)
South Korea – Korea Financial Intelligence Unit
Serbia – Administration for the Preventing of Money Laundering
Panama – Unidad de Analisis Financiero (UAF)
Romania – National Office for the Prevention and Control of Money Laundering
Russia – Federal Service for Financial Monitoring
San Marino – Agenzia di Informazione Finanziaria (AIF) Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA)
Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia Financial Investigation Unit (SAFIU)
Senegal – Cellule Nationale de Traitement des Informations Financières National Financial Intelligence Processing Unit (CENTIF)
Seychelles – Seychelles Financial Intelligence Unit[7]
Singapore – Suspicious Transaction Reporting Office (STRO)
Slovakia – Spravodajská jednotka finacnej polície Úradu boja proti organizovanej kriminalite (SJFP UBPOK) Financial Intelligence Unit of the Bureau of Organised Crime
Slovenia – Urad RS za Preprecevanje Pranja Denarja Ministrstvo za Finance/Office for Money Laundering Prevention (OMLP)
South Africa – Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC)
Spain – Servicio Ejecutivo de la Comisión de Prevención de Blanqueo de Capitales e Infracciones Monetarias (SEPBLAC)
Sri Lanka – Financial Intelligence Unit
Saint Kitts and Nevis – Financial Intelligence Unit
Saint Lucia – Financial Intelligence Agency
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Financial Intelligence Unit
Sweden – Finanspolisen Rikskriminalpolisen (FIPO) National Criminal Intelligence Service, Financial Unit (NFIS)
Switzerland – Meldestelle für Geldwäscherei, Bureau de communication en matière de blanchiment d'argent, Ufficio di comunicazione in materia di riciclaggio di denaro Money Laundering Reporting Office (MROS)
Syria – Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Commission (CMLC)
Taiwan – Money Laundering Prevention Center
Thailand – Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO)
Togo – Togo Financial Intelligence Unit[7]
Trinidad and Tobago – Trinidad and Tobago Financial Intelligence Unit[7]
Turkey – Mali Suçlari Arastirma Kurulu (MASAK) Financial Crimes Investigation Board
Turks and Caicos Islands – Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force Financial Crime Unit
Ukraine – State Committee for Financial Monitoring
United Arab Emirates – United Arab Emirates Financial Intelligence Unit
United Kingdom – National Crime Agency (NCA)
United States – Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
Vanuatu – Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)
Vatican City – Autorità di Informazione Finanziaria (AIF)[7][8]
Venezuela – Unidad Nacional de Inteligencia Financiera (UNIF)
Notable non-member observers edit
The Egmont Groups admits governmental or intergovernmental organizations as non-member observers whose roles relate to preventing money-laundering and/or the financing of terrorism.[9] Several notable organizations are observers, including:
See also edit
References edit
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- ^ a b "Minister of Finance Opens Egmont Secretariat Headquarters in Ottawa". Department of Finance Canada. Government of Canada. 2008-09-19. Archived from the original on 25 September 2009. Retrieved 2012-04-05.
- ^ "Chair of the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units". 2020-02-04. Archived from the original on 2022-01-23. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
- ^ Canada, Global Affairs (7 June 2006). "Foreign Representatives in Canada: International Organizations and Other Offices". Global Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ "The Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units | FinCEN.gov". www.fincen.gov. US Treasury Department.
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- ^ "What We Do | FinCEN.gov". fincen.gov. US Treasury Department. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Co-Chairs Statement 21st Egmont-Plenary 2013". 2013-07-05. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-21. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
- ^ "Vatican Financial Intelligence Authority Admitted to Global Network of Financial Intelligence Units". Zenit News Agency. 2013-07-03. Retrieved July 4, 2013.
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